Arthur Clarke
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VLC Media Player
arthurclarke reviewed on 20 Feb 2012
2.0 crashed repeatedly and the killer for me was that the separate playlist window is now impossible with no option for this in the preferences either. I need for certain things I do to see the list and the video at the same time and I could find no way to do this with version 2.0. I had no issues with 1.1.12 anyway so now will stay with that unless I hear a compelling reason to upgrade.
VLC in general is still a fantastic app and has so much to offer and so many useful controls that I just love it--just version 2.0 has stability and the playlist issue I mentioned. Maybe 2.X will address these issues and I'll try again. My rating is only for version 2.0. I'd give 1.1.12 five stars in all categories.
ResizeIt
arthurclarke reviewed on 26 Nov 2011
Meteorologist
arthurclarke reviewed on 29 May 2011
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Meteorologist
Firefox
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Reverted back but found 3.X was messed up by the transition and it took 30 minutes to get restored. Doubt I'll try that again.
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dotDelete
arthurclarke reviewed on 18 Feb 2011
Followed install instructions and tested by trying to eject a PC formatted flash drive and only could get a message that the drive is busy and in use--and could not be ejected. The drive was not in use or busy.
I removed all traces of the app, restarted, and thought all should be well. Nope.
Not only that, now NO drive, Mac or PC formatted will eject--all give the same message. I cannot force ejection other than pulling the plug.
NOTHING will now eject by any means. I have DiskWarrior'd, permissions, etc. and my system is hosed by this dotDelete app.
I don't know who the author is or if this was done as a trick but there is no where to turn to. If anyone out there is able to help me restore my system, please email me.
I have a clone from 2 months ago, which would work but I would have to carefully copy back everything updated since that time from backup drive. I haven't used Time Machine. Thanks.
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Yes, of course tried Disk Utility, then tried every "force" command I could find using terminal or those built into utility apps like MainMenu--they only come back with error.
I can pull a USB plug--but the image of the disk remains as if it is still there.
I've searched Google with all the key words that come up in the warning windows--telling me that the disk is in use--and none of them have any advice that helps. This problem is something entirely different.
The app, if it was meant to be real, is not even alpha status at best.
I've spent hours now and only can see restoring from an old clone and then painstakingly copying back from backups things that have changed. I may ask MacInTouch or other sites for help first. I need an expert to undo this mess.